•the stage and performance history of jesters in Shakespeare’s theater

•early modern actors who played jests and jesters

•modern and contemporary performance history of jests and jesters

•jest books and other sources for Shakespeare

•early modern royal and court jesters

•relation of wit to jesting and clowning

•gender and jesting; female jesters and clowns

•social position and mobility of jesters and clowns

•genre and “low comedy”

•jesting in relation to colonial or inter-cultural encounters

Submissions that address any aspect of Shakespeare’s work, and performancereviews of Shakespeare plays and festivals, will also be considered.

Deadline for priority reading of submissions: December 15, 2004

Submissions should follow Chicago Manual guidelines, with notes instead ofWorks Cited. Author’s name, address, phone and fax numbers, and emailaddress should appear on a separate sheet, not on the manuscript itself.Submissions should not exceed twenty-five typed pages, including notes.The entire manuscript, including quotations and notes, should bedouble-spaced. Photocopies of illustrations are acceptable for submissionpurposes. Send submissions to:

The Upstart Crow: A Shakespeare Journal, now in its twenty-fourth year, isa peer-reviewed journal published annually under the auspices of theCenter for Electronic and Digital Publishing for Clemson UniversityDigital Press. The Upstart Crow is dedicated to publishing new andcontemporary approaches to the reading, performing, and teaching ofShakespeare. Each issue includes critical essays, performance reviews, andbook reviews surveying the current state of the field of Shakespearestudies.